Fotodiox Pro FACTOR Series announced with nine high-output LED lights

Fotodiox Pro has launched its new FACTOR Series, a lineup of nine bi-color and high-output LED light panels for various photographic needs. The series contains three circular lights and five square/rectangular lights with removable barn doors. According to Fotodiox, these nine lights are designed to provide area lighting and spot illumination, and to facilitate 'studio-style shoots.'

The FACTOR LED lights have adjustable color temperatures that range from 5600 Daylight to 3200 Tungsten, according to Fotodiox marketing director Bohus Blahut. The series utilizes Fotodiox's Factorsoft, a technology that sets LED chips deep within the lights for 'a soft, beautiful beam with no hot spots and a single, clean shadow,' says Blahut. This is complemented by a svelte 1.5in / 3.8cm profile and all-metal construction.

This light series is also suitable for use during slow-motion video recording, as they will not produce flickering in high frame rate scenarios. As well, the lights can be powered from an ordinary AC wall adapter or V-lock batteries. The following models are available now through the company's website:

Fotodiox Pro Announces FACTOR Series of Bi-Color LED Lighting

Featuring Factorsoft™ technology, the FACTOR series is the next step in the evolution of LED light panels

GURNEE, IL (PRWEB) MARCH 30, 2017

Fotodiox Pro, creator and distributor of several lines of specialty solutions for videography, cinematography and photography, has announced the FACTOR series of high-output, bi-color LED light panels. Designed for spot illumination, studio-style shoots and area lighting, the series contains nine models in various sizes and shapes that are built to use an assortment of creative, series-specific modifiers for shaping and directing the FACTOR lights’ soft beams. They are all available for purchase on FotodioxPro.com.

“At the core of the new FACTOR series is our Factorsoft™ technology,” says Bohus Blahut, marketing director for Fotodiox Pro. “Factorsoft™ refers to our unique use of LED chips, which are set deep in the body of each FACTOR light and produce a soft, beautiful beam with no hot spots and a single, clean shadow. We’ve also built the lights to have fully adjustable color temperature – anywhere from 5600 Daylight to 3200 Tungsten – without sacrificing their fantastic output.”

The FACTOR series features a sturdy, all-metal build and a convenient 1.5 inch profile that makes it simple to position the lights virtually anywhere on set. They run off included AC adapters or V-lock batteries, and produce no flickering at high frame rates – perfect for slow motion video.

FACTOR Models

FACTOR 1x1 – Comes with removable barn doors

FACTOR 1x2 100 (100 watt draw) – Comes with removable barn doors

FACTOR 1x2 200 (200 watt draw) – Comes with removable barn doors

FACTOR 1.5x1.5 – Comes with removable barn doors

FACTOR 2x2 – Comes with removable barn doors

FACTOR 1x4 – Comes with removable barn doors

FACTOR Jupiter 12 (circular)

FACTOR Jupiter 18 (circular)

FACTOR Jupiter 24 (circular)

Accessory options for the series include model-specific honeycomb grids and creative masks for the FACTOR Jupiter models. To learn more about the FACTOR series and other photography and videography accessories from Fotodiox Pro, please visit FotodioxPro.com.

Comments

I like the look of the FACTOR 1x4's. Even for still work rather than video I could use them (price asside). Hope to see more LED lighting in this format from other competitors, with less cost, obviously!

Problem with the LED lights is that to get really useful with them, you need to crank the power up.

Flash will release the light in a... flash. While these will release the light constantly.

Now, which one people think that the model likes to be front of? The bright lines makes it difficult to look naturally and the iris will close down on the model so you don't get big iris (when wanted).

As well studio flashes allow to use a modeling light that gives you the same capability to control light for review like these LED lights.

It is like standing on the stage where you don't see the audience as the overhead lights are so powerful that it renders the dim space total black. But this time the lights ain't overhead, but on your face.

This is one reason why I don't like LED lights (or any continuous lighting in this context), even when it makes everything so much easier and nicer for the photographer standpoint (see easily what you get on EVF) but it is just pain for model.

Maybe open your aperture. Some incredible images have been made with continuous light. Horst P , Irving Penn, Richard Avedon. They shot with tungsten and 8x10 film. I think this manufacturer is aiming their product at videographers.

After my experience with the $100 EF to NEX adapter's poor performance (Fotodiox Pro Fusion, Canon EF to Sony Nex adapter), I am not impressed with Fotodiox's claims, and that means I won't take their word for their other products.They need to know that "trust" is extremely important.So, never exaggerate performance or results. It's a sure way to lose customers!!!I waisted $100, but I "won't get fooled again", as The Who put it.

i know, i have there m42 to nex mount and they are horrible as hell, vignetting at the corners and also it nearly damaged my camera once, really bad! i prefer the ones from k&f concept, good quality and minimal vignetting

Motion picture and video lighting has ALWAYS been measured as Lux at three meters or Foot-candles at ten feet. That's how Arri, Dado, DeSisti, Mole Richardson, etc, etc have been doing it for decades. Now the new-kids want to muddy the waters by giving us output at one meter—total BS!

As mentioned by Alex Permit, below, where is the Extended-CRI and TLCI.

There is no spec on just how bright these lights are, and when, other manufacturers LED lights are described the same is either missing or are given in units that are often hard to understand. For most photographers specs in candlepower, foot candles, foot candles per second, beam candlepower, or lux does not instantly or easily convert to setting ISO, shutter speed, and possible apertures, and it is not surprising that manufacturers are not interested in letting photographers know that they will have to raise the ISO quite a bit to allow them to shoot most subjects.

In comparison to Flash Strobes, continuous lighting (LED or other) appear surprisingly weak for still photography, but ok for video work, since lower shutter speeds are often fine for video.

Perhaps there should be a standard specification, in terms of distance from object (1 meter), ISO of 100, shutter speed of 125, and APERTURE (F2 and higher), which would be most useful to photographers.

@Dan Tong, the FACTOR LEDs are meant for motion production, not stills. The only use for stills would be long exposure still-life or product shots. If you are using 1/48, 1/50 or 1/60 sec exposure these should provide enough light.

Lux/Foot-candles are the standard for Bollywood/Hollywood. Except the pros use three meters/ten feet, not Fotodiox's one meter.

Thanks. Funny title for the article "why R9 ins't important" given they say it is :-).

For household lighting it's important. For photography of people or food its critical.

My household lighting has an R9 rating of 95, as well as a cri of 95. I've tested countless lights and found R9 lighting less than 80 clearly leads to a sick, "green" looking. Thats just for my living space. It would be a royal pain in the post to fix my photographs under such lighting.

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